SOC Analyst Team Shift Supervisor

Onsite Role - Shift - Friday-Monday, 8PM-7AM ET
About Us:
Thrive is a rapidly growing technology solutions provider focusing upon Cloud, Cyber Security, Networking, Disaster Recovery and Managed Services. Our corporate culture, engineering talent, customer-centric approach, and focus upon "next generation" services help us stand out amongst our peers. Thrive is on the look-out for individuals who don't view their weekdays spent at "a job", but rather look to develop valuable skills that ignite their passion and lead to a CAREER. If you're attracted to a "work hard, play hard" environment, seeking the guidance, training, and experience necessary to build a lucrative career, then welcome to THRIVE

Position Overview:
With a growing client base, Thrive is continuing to build out its security team. We are looking to hire a SOC Analyst Team Shift Supervisor to take a role within our Security Operation Center to lead and mentor a team of analysts while at the same time developing and maintaining critical security processes and procedures. The ideal candidate will have a passion for information security and will value what a properly managed Security monitoring solution can bring to our client needs. The candidate should have a solid technical security background combined with customer service expertise, and a problem-solving attitude with an ability to motivate his/her team to achieve specific goals while ensuring high quality technical support and high client satisfaction.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage and mentor a team of security analysts in the daily operations of the SOC
• Responsible for SOC Analysts during your shift
• Handle a variety of personnel management duties such as:
• Periodic meetings, one-on-one meetings, annual performance reviews, etc.
• Ongoing employee KPIs and evaluation metrics.
• Responsible for reviewing and approving PTO and Expense Report requests.
• Other miscellaneous management duties as required.
• Ongoing training of direct reports and assist with training for the team as a whole.
• Assist through the hiring process, including applicant review, interviews, candidate evaluations and the initial training of new employees.
• Assist with the development and implementation of processes and procedures for incident response, threat detection and analysis, security event management, and reporting.
• Assist with maintaining the SOC's incident response playbooks and incident management procedures.
• Perform security event monitoring using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) from multiple sources, including but not limited to, events from network and host-based intrusion detection/prevention systems, network infrastructure logs, systems logs, applications, and databases.
• Investigate intrusion attempts, differentiate false positives from true intrusion attempts, and perform in-depth analysis of exploits.
• Lead incident response for confirmed security incidents and follow through until resolution.
• Actively investigate and stay current on the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, advisories, incidents, and TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures) and work with Security Engineering team to recommend use cases.
• Proactive monitoring and response to known and/or emerging threats.
• Carry out Thrive's information security strategy both internally and externally for 400+ clients worldwide.
• Work within Thrive's security standards and best practices and recommend future enhancements.
• Stay abreast of security events and techniques to keep our clients protected.
• Provide escalation assistance, as needed, to the employees working during your shift.
• Ensure everyone on your shift is delivering excellent customer service, and assist with any client escalations or communications (e.g. calls, meetings, etc.) to handle concerns.

Qualifications:

• Has advanced knowledge of the following systems and technologies:
• SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)
• TCP/IP, computer networking, routing, and switching
• IDS/IPS, penetration and vulnerability testing
• Firewall and intrusion detection/prevention protocols
• Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems
• Network protocols and packet analysis tools
• EDR, Anti-virus, and anti-malware
• Content filtering
• Email and web gateway.
• Advanced knowledge of Azure/O365 environments
• Advanced knowledge of domain structures
• Demonstrates comprehension of good security practices
• Professional experience in a system administration role supporting multiple platforms and applications
• Ability to communicate network security issues to peers and management
• Able to successfully supervisor and mentor team members
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Able to work under pressure and handle client communications successfully

Required Skills:

• Computer Networking & Security
• Experience with creating playbooks and effective security processes
• Operating System Internals
• Familiarity with TCP/IP network protocols, application layer protocols (e.g., HTTP, SMTP, DNS, etc.).
• Excellent Written and Verbal Communication Skills
• Experience with firewall functionality and configurations
• Experience in a team lead or similar role
• Experience training and/or mentoring employees

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of common Windows and Linux/Unix system calls and APIs
• Understanding of Anti-Virus
• Knowledge of programming languages.
• Knowledge of internal file structures for file formats commonly associated with malware (e.g., OLE, RTF, PDF, EXE, etc.)